Fula

Fula language is a language of West Africa which belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by the Fula (or Fulani) people from Senegambia, Guinea to Cameroon and Sudan.

There are several names applied to the language. The Fula people call their language Pulaar or Pular in the western dialects and Fulfulde in the central and eastern dialects. Fula(h) and Fulani in English come originally from Manding and Hausa.